Letter to Editor
Author
Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
1. Abazari P, Jafari TA, Sabzghabaee AM. How much elderly people
of Isfahan are adherent to their drug therapy regimens? J Educ
Health Promot 2017;6:12.
2. Morisky DE, Ang A, Krousel‑Wood M, Ward HJ. Predictive
validity of a medication adherence measure in an outpatient
setting. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2008;10:348‑54.
3. Al‑Qazaz HK, Hassali MA, Shafie AA, Sulaiman SA, Sundram S,
Morisky DE, et al. The eight‑item Morisky medication adherence
scale MMAS: Translation and validation of the Malaysian version.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2010;90:216‑21.
4. Odegard PS, Gray SL. Barriers to medication adherence in poorly
controlled diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Educ 2008;34:692‑7.
5. Kilonzo SB, Gunda DW, Bakshi FA, Kalokola F, Mayala HA,
Dadi H, et al. Control of hypertension among diabetic patients in
a referral hospital in Tanzania: A Cross‑sectional study. Ethiop J
Health Sci 2017;27:473‑80.
Letter to Editor
How to cite this article: Basu S. A comment on medication adherence
in geriatric patients: A reply to Abarazi et al. (2017). J Edu Health
Promot 2018;7:108.
© 2018 Journal of Education and Health Promotion | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
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of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work noncommercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations
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of Isfahan are adherent to their drug therapy regimens? J Educ
Health Promot 2017;6:12.
2. Morisky DE, Ang A, Krousel‑Wood M, Ward HJ. Predictive
validity of a medication adherence measure in an outpatient
setting. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2008;10:348‑54.
3. Al‑Qazaz HK, Hassali MA, Shafie AA, Sulaiman SA, Sundram S,
Morisky DE, et al. The eight‑item Morisky medication adherence
scale MMAS: Translation and validation of the Malaysian version.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2010;90:216‑21.
4. Odegard PS, Gray SL. Barriers to medication adherence in poorly
controlled diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Educ 2008;34:692‑7.
5. Kilonzo SB, Gunda DW, Bakshi FA, Kalokola F, Mayala HA,
Dadi H, et al. Control of hypertension among diabetic patients in
a referral hospital in Tanzania: A Cross‑sectional study. Ethiop J
Health Sci 2017;27:473‑80.
Letter to Editor
How to cite this article: Basu S. A comment on medication adherence
in geriatric patients: A reply to Abarazi et al. (2017). J Edu Health
Promot 2018;7:108.
© 2018 Journal of Education and Health Promotion | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms
of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work noncommercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations
are licensed under the identical terms.
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